Workday is an American enterprise software company best known for cloud applications in human capital management (HCM), financial management, and planning. Its business is primarily subscription-based, and its fiscal year ends on January 31. (Workday FY2025 Form 10-K)
Quick takeaways
- Customers: Workday provides solutions to more than 11,000 organizations. (FY2025 10-K)
- Employees: As of January 31, 2025, Workday’s global workforce consisted of over 20,400 employees in 34 countries. (FY2025 10-K)
- FY2025 revenue: $8.446 billion total revenue for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025. (FY2025 10-K)
- CEO transition (Feb 2026): Workday announced Aneel Bhusri returning as CEO and Carl Eschenbach stepping down. (Workday Investor Relations)
On this page:
- Workday key stats
- Workday history (timeline)
- Revenue and net income (annual)
- Methodology
- Sources & references
Workday key stats (2026)
- Headquarters: Pleasanton, California. (FY2025 10-K)
- Primary products/areas: Financial Management, Spend Management, Human Capital Management (HCM), Planning, and Analytics. (FY2025 10-K)
- Customers: More than 11,000 organizations. (FY2025 10-K)
- Employees (as of Jan 31, 2025): Over 20,400 employees in 34 countries. (FY2025 10-K)
Workday history (timeline)
- 2005: Workday is founded by Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri. (Workday: Our story)
- 2012: Workday becomes a publicly traded company. (Workday: Our story)
- 2018: Workday acquires Adaptive Insights (planning). (Workday Investor Relations)
- 2021: Workday announces the acquisition of VNDLY (external workforce management). (Workday Investor Relations)
- 2023: Workday surpasses 10,000 customers worldwide (company milestone). (Workday blog)
- 2024: Workday makes its debut on the Fortune 500 and the S&P 500. (Workday: Our story)
- Feb 2026: Workday announces a CEO transition: co-founder Aneel Bhusri returns as CEO; Carl Eschenbach steps down. (Workday Investor Relations)
Workday revenue and net income (annual)
Workday fiscal year ends January 31. The figures below are from Workday’s annual SEC filings. (FY2025 10-K)
Annual revenue
- FY2025 (ended Jan 31, 2025): $8.446 billion
- FY2024 (ended Jan 31, 2024): $7.259 billion
- FY2023 (ended Jan 31, 2023): $6.216 billion
Annual net income (GAAP)
- FY2025 (ended Jan 31, 2025): $526 million
- FY2024 (ended Jan 31, 2024): $1.381 billion
- FY2023 (ended Jan 31, 2023): $(367) million net loss
Methodology
- Priority sources: SEC filings (10-K) for financials, headcount, and business descriptions; Workday Investor Relations for leadership announcements and milestones.
- No speculation: This page avoids forecasts and only uses figures explicitly reported by the cited sources.
